Synodic month length 29.48 days

Length of current 155 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 30 minutes. It is 1 hour and 14 minutes longer than next lunation 156 length.

Lunation length shorter than mean

Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 14 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 55 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.

Lunar orbit position on 29 July 2012 Sunday 12:00 UTC

True anomaly ∠248.7°

This lunation true anomaly is ∠248.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠283.7°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).

Moon in perigee

Moon is reaching point of perigee on this date at 08:30, this is 15 days after last apogee on 13 July 2012 at 16:47 in ♉ Taurus. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 11 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 10 August 2012 at 10:51 in ♉ Taurus.

Distance to Moon 367 318 km

This perigee Moon is 367 318 km(228 241 mi) away from Earth. It is 4 810 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 3 038 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.

Moon after ascending node

1 day after its ascending node on 28 July 2012 at 10:34 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 11 August 2012 at 00:04 in ♊ Gemini.

Draconic month

Moon in southern standstill

At 12:11 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-21.592°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠21.492° in its northern standstill point on 12 August 2012 at 09:47 in ♊ Gemini.